Objectivity and Ethics in Economic Methodology: Dialogue with Theologians
Dialogue between economists and theologians has recently shifted to questions about economic relationships, virtue, and consumer lifestyles as theologians have become critics of economics as a discipline. Their concerns center on a suspicion of social-scientific methods. Theologians sometimes observ...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
[2019]
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Journal of interdisciplinary studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 31, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 73-92 |
RelBib Classification: | CF Christianity and Science NCE Business ethics NCJ Ethics of science |
Further subjects: | B
Economics
B Theology B Ethics B Objectivity B Economists B Theologians |
Summary: | Dialogue between economists and theologians has recently shifted to questions about economic relationships, virtue, and consumer lifestyles as theologians have become critics of economics as a discipline. Their concerns center on a suspicion of social-scientific methods. Theologians sometimes observe that economic logic and language have become dominant in public and private life, which they attribute to economists' attempts to work within a value-free reductionist framework. This essay summarizes this critique, focusing on the fact-value dichotomy, self-interest, and the wide application of economic logic. The dominance of economic methods must be understood as a way of pursuing methodological consensus in an arena where many important ethical concerns are hotly contested. Moreover, they are important for understanding a complex social environment. The goal of objectivity, which is at the center of this dialogue, is one that economists can strive for in a limited sense, while still working within an explicitly normative framework. |
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ISSN: | 2766-0508 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of interdisciplinary studies
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